RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers may be split over how to prevent gun violence in the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, but Virginians are pretty clear what they want: more cops, fewer guns.

Two-thirds of Virginians favor posting armed police officers in every school, and almost as many – 60 percent – support bringing back a state law limiting handgun purchases to just one a month, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday. The Republican-controlled General Assembly voted to abolish the handgun limit last year.